Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet visually-hidden the Royal Air Force's air

the Royal Air Force's air defences and response

measuring 49 mm (w) x 53 mm (h - inclusive of intragrel ring suspenion)

each constructed of black wool with a field-grey wool reverse and trimmed with orange piping

and was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross on June 24

A War Merit Cross 1st Class with Swords by Juncker - In silvered tombac

Germany, Third Reich. A German Social Welfare Decoration, I Class Cross with Case, by Gebrüder Godet visually-hidden the Royal Air Force's air(Ehrenzeichen fr deutsche Volkspflege 1. Klasse mit Etui). Instituted 1 May 1939. (1939 1944 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Geneva Cross with white enameled arms, the obverse overlaid by a German national eagle clutching a wreathed mobile swastika, executed in black enamels with details highlighted in gilt, the twelve oclock arm topped by an eyelet and loop connecting to a ribbed ring emanating from a